The Bend 500 daily: Friday

Full Credit to the Noise · Sep 11, 2026 · 16m · transcript

Flying Camaros, legal threats and brake dust – the Friday edition of our daily podcast unpacks a dramatic opening day at The Bend.

It was a Camaro sweep across the three practice sessions with Jayden Ojeda topping two and Bayley Hall on top in the co-driver session.

That, of course, comes off the back of the controversial parity upgrade given to the GM teams on the eve of the enduros.

So what does it mean?

Are the Mustangs and Supras out of the game?

Was there any sandbagging going on?

And what's the latest on the legal threats from Ford's top teams?

Andrew van Leeuwen and Stefan…